List of Sports Events on January-1999
4- January-1999 |
Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi. |
6- January-1999 |
Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28. |
8- January-1999 |
Farah Khan made it a double, adding the National ladies snooker title in Delhi. |
16- January-1999 |
Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta. |
17- January-1999 |
Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta. |
18- January-1999 |
The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack. |
21- January-1999 |
Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai. |
27- January-1999 |
P. Krishnamurthy, former Indian wicketkeeper, died in Hyderabad following a cardiac arrest. |
28- January-1999 |
Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala. |
30- January-1999 |
Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament. |